Curtain-support



No. 627,04I. Patented June I3, |899.

B. BANNUNT CURTAIN SUEPORT. AApplication med Dec, 14, 169s.) (No Model.)

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BETHSHEBA BANNON, `OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAIN-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,041, dated J' une 13, 1899.

Application filed December 14:, 1898. Serial No. 699,288. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, t may concern:

Beit known that I, BETHSHEBA BANNON, a citizen 'of the United States of America, residing at Beaver Falls, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain- Supports; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in a curtain-support.

The invention has for its object the provision of a device for supporting the curtain, said device being arranged in such manner that it may be lowered to remove and replace the curtain without having to mount a chair orladder. Othernovelfeaturesarecontained in the same.

With the above objects in view the invention iinally consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described in detail.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, wherein like numerals of reference designate like parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevationof a window and frame having my improved device in position. Fig. 2is a plan view of the device. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the upper portion of the same, partly shown in section. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the bracket employed to attach the device to the window-frame. Fig. 5 is a vertical section through the same.

Referring now to the drawings for a description of the detail parts, the numeral l designates a bracket designed to be attached to the wall by screws or nails. A circular opening l is formed down through this bracket to receive the rod 2, said rod being provided with pins 3, arranged at various points along its length for the purpose of supporting the rod vertically; but two vertical grooves 3' and an intersecting horizontal groove are formed Yin the opening of the bracket to permit the pin upon the rod to be disengaged from4 the bracket. A frame 4, having inwardly-turned ends, has arranged thereon a series of hooks 5, by Which the curtain is suspended, and to the underside of this frame is secured the bent rod 6, having a socket 7 at its lower end. The upper end of the aforesaid rod 2 is loosely tted into this socket and held in connection therewith by the set-screw 7' engaging with a groove in the rod, so that the latter may freely turn. One of the pins 3 of the rod engages within the shouldered portion of the groove in the bracket when the device is held in its elevated position. To lower the device, the rod 2 is turned to disengage the pin from the bracket. A small rod 8 projects out from the base of the rod, so that the curtain may be held aside, as shown.

Having thus shown and described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ist In a'curtain-support, the combination with the frame having its ends turned inwardly at right angles and the hooks carried thereby, of the vertical rod having an inwardly-turned upper end secured to said frame and formed with a socket at the lower end, the rod pivotally connected with said socket and provided with a pin, the bracket through which said last-mentioned rod passes, and formed with vertical grooves, connected by an intersecting horizontal groove with which said pin engages, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BErHsI-IEBA BANNoN.

Witnesses:

Jos. C. ROUZEE, MARY BANNON. 

